John Duthie fired 7,000 on the final board of , and Timothy Adams raised all in for 26,750. After a few minutes tanking, Duthie called. Adams rolled over the for a flopped full house and won the pot. He moved to 72,000 in chips while Duthie dropped back to 10,200.
During one of the final hands before the break Ilan Boujenah played a big pot against Daniel Negreanu. Boujenah raised to 400 pre flop and got two callers, among which Negreanu from the big blind.
The flop brought out and Boujenah bet 600 after which Negreanu check-raised to 1,800. Boujenah made it 4,000 and Negreanu called.
On the turn the hit and Negreanu followed through with a 5,600-chip bet. Boujenah called.
The river brought the and Negreanu did not slow down. He fired out 12,500, putting a lot of pressure on his opponent. Boujenah tanked for a long time, but eventually he folded face up. Negreanu mucked his cards and is off to a very good start here in Cannes.
We found Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and an opponent looking at a board of . Grospellier checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Grospellier came over the top for 7,275 and his opponent went into the tank for about a minute before throwing away his hand.
"Show it," said ElkY's opponent.
Grospellier let out a laugh and flipped up for quad queens. Despite winning this pot, Grospellier is still under the starting stack.
Vanessa Rousso just sat down at Table 1. She will be playing against, among others, Roberto Romanello, Timothy Adams and John Duthie. Right now there are 201 players registered for Day 1b with 186 remaining. Late registration will remain open all throughout the dinner break.